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- From: huot@cray.com (Tom Huot)
- Subject: Re: PC-MAG Benchmark 7.0
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.105001.12767@walter.cray.com>
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- Date: 16 Dec 92 10:49:59 CST
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- Greg Franklin (f67700241@violet.ccit.arizona.edu) wrote:
- : In article <1992Dec15.200633.22762@uwasa.fi>, ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:
- : >In article <BzAxy3.9H8@encore.com> mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) writes:
- : >>I saw this in the uploads to wu archives list, but couldn't find it on the
- : >>system. Amyone know where it is? If anyone could mail it to me I'd much
- : >>appreciate it. All in one post would be fine.
- : >
- : > It is on SIMTEL20, but I had a lockup and decided to retain 6.0 at
- : > Garbo for the time being. The problem report has been forwarded to
- : > PC Mag.
- :
- : (Just trying to get comp.archives.msdos.d going....)
- :
- : Mike, if you still want to try it out, the files are on simtel as
- : PD1:[MSDOS.INFO]BENCH70*.ZIP.
- :
- : After a cursory overview, I'd have to say this release is mighty
- : disappointing. Besides the insane licensing restrictions, there
- : are coding errors (Timo's lockups, improper display of results in
- : a graphics window) that make it much less attractive than earlier
- : releases.
- :
- : It looked a lot better reading the description in the magazine.
- : --
- : Greg "Mockingbird" Franklin "People that are really very weird can get into
- : f67700241@ccit.arizona.edu sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact
- : Keep circulating the tapes. on history." -- Dan Quayle, on Malcolm X
- :
- : "Father yes son, I want to kill you. Mother, I want to----WUAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"
- : -- Jim Morrison, waxing poetic on family values
- : "The President scores much better than Bill Clinton."
- : -- Dan, comparing Bush's record of marital infidelity to Clinton's
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- Another problem is the lack of comparison machines in 7.0 I found it
- useful in 6.0 to at least have a machine or 2 to compare yours to.
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- --
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- Tom Huot
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